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Not exactly on point, but I got a pretty deep ding on my front end driving up to Carlisle this spring.  Whatever it was  also bent my headlight grill -- which is better than fractured glass . . . And I have accumulated a fair amount of road rash along the front.  So . . . some of the smarter folks at Carlisle suggested that such an obvious road hazard encounter must surely be an insurance claim.  And so it was.  I have a truly good paint shop nearby, thanks to the network connections of Cory Drake,, who introduced me.  Old hot rod guy, and knows what he's doing.  He repaired a huge gash in my fender a while back, and it came out perfect.  So I take it over to him for look-see.  There is a spot with exposed FG that is less than 1/4 in.  Plus the road rash.  He scratched his chin looked around, and says the whole front of the car (fenders, clip, hood) needs to be prepped down to the base coat. sprayed and clear coated up to the doors and windshield.  No shyt?!! Gonna run over $3K.  Insurance company (Erie, with whom my man has done much work over the years) bought it.  Scheduled for September.

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